This fierce beast mistaken for a 'shaggy dog' in Nfld.

Monday, April 27, 2015, 6:21 PM -
Residents of Fogo Island, Newfoundland are still rubbing their eyes in
disbelief after a 'big, shaggy dog' spotted in the community turned out
to be a polar bear weighing approximately 250 pounds.

Clayton Waterman, 58, and his wife Doreen were driving through the area to purchase seal meat when they spotted the animal.
"As
we were going up the hill I noticed an animal on the road and I said,
'Doreen, look at the big shaggy dog,' and we were looking at it and as
it got closer I said, 'Doreen, my God, that's a polar bear,'" Waterman
told the CBC.
The bear and the Watermans were headed in the same
direction -- Clayton tells the CBC it was 'just lumbering along on the
pavement' -- so Waterman slowed down and kept a safe distance.
He says the bear looked young and weighed around 250 pounds and appeared to be in good health.
It eventually turned off the road and into the woods.

The couple didn't have a phone with them, so they flagged down a truck driver who called wildlife officials.
The Watermans returned home, about four kilometres from the sighting.
Doreen took the car out to deliver a piece of seal to a neighbour when she spotted the bear again, out on the harbour ice.
This time the animal was 500 yards from their home.RELATED VIDEO: THE POLAR BEAR, AN ENDANGERED SPECIES:

Clayton called the RCMP, who told him they'd check in the following morning as it was getting dark.
"I
wasn't so worried about that, but I told Doreen to sleep on the couch
just in case he came in he could see her first … just joking with her,
right? But she didn't like the joke," Clayton told the CBC.
It's
unclear where the bear is now, but Waterman says he'll keep a phone with
them when they head out in case it's spotted again.

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This isn't the first time a polar bear has made an appearance in a residential area.
In October, wildlife officials in Kaktovik, Alaska got a shock when a 'humongous' polar bear broke into a home.
Apparently the bear was eating a drum of seal oil that belong to the
homeowner, 81-year-old Betty Brower. No one was injured in the incident.
Then, an increase in polar bear sightings in Arviat, Nunavut last October prompted officials to hold Halloween celebrations indoors.
Officials say the polar bears have been coming into the small Canadian community more in recent years, especially in the fall.
Source: CBC

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Russia
and Canada are leading the world when it comes to tree cover loss
according to an analysis of 2011 and 2013 satellite data by researchers
at the University of Maryland and Global Forest Watch.
The findings coincide with the publication of a separate study in Nature Climate Change which suggests the world's tree cover is improving, despite decades of deforestation efforts at the hands of man.
That
study cited recent tree-planting efforts in China, the re-growth of
forests in former Soviet states and healthier Savannas due to
above-average rainfall as factors that helped expand the world's
vegetation, adding close to 4 billion tonnes of above-ground carbon to
the Earth since 2003.
Still -- when it comes to forest loss, Canada comes in second to Russia.
"Global
tree cover loss in 2013 continued to be high at over 18 million
hectares —about twice the size of Portugal—slightly lower than 2012, but
a troubling 5.2 percent increase over the 2000-2012 average," the World
Resources Institute (WRI) says in a statement.
"In 2011-2013, Russia and Canada topped the list (mostly due to forest fires), jointly accounting for 34 percent of total loss."

Researchers
are quick to point out that at least some of the tree loss is
"temporary" -- but it will take some time for forests to replenish.
Between
2011 and 2013, 43,000 square kilometres of northern boreal forest were
destroyed in Russia. Canada saw a loss of 24,500 square kilometres
during the same time frame.
Both regions have experienced an unusually high rate of forest fires in recent years, exacerbated by dry conditions.
Oil, gas and logging operations have also played a role.
"It is too early to call this spike a trend," WRI writes.
"Further
research is needed to determine the drivers and estimate impacts of the
forest fires, which tend to be highly variable over time and affect
some boreal areas more than others."
Source: WRI

I used to own that album, and the "Accident
of Birth" CD, but eventually I got so SICK AND TIRED of all the 'power metal' bands with Bruce-copycats !
HATED THEM SO MUCH -
that I remembered originally hating his vocal style too !"Number of the Beast" is shit compared to the first two IRON MAIDEN albums, and early singles / EP's.
I returned to my mindset that Paul Di'anno was a million times better because he didn't sound operatic and faggy, and Iron Maiden should not have fired him.

SO...
who is more surprised than me, when wondering why I liked Dickinson at all in the past,
went to youtube to check out some old songs.

a PERFECT example of where I don't mind Bruce is "THE TOWER".
Heroic / epic story telling sometimes needs smooth, over the top singing.
.
PS.Bummer about him getting cancer.

I had cancer too, and survived it . Hope he does too.
I predict if he rejoins SAMSON, then he will recover 100 %.
(just joking... but that would be great! Bruce sounded really cool when singing with SAMSON.)